Wiki source code of WebSphere installation

Last modified by Vincent Massol on 2017/09/06

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Manuel Smeria 2.3 1 {{info}}
2 These instructions cover WebSphere V6.1; other versions may differ.
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ShawnLauzon 1.1 4
Manuel Smeria 2.3 5 = Install the XWiki application =
ShawnLauzon 1.5 6
Vincent Massol 2.2 7 * Start the application server if it isn't running:(((
Vincent Massol 3.1 8 {{code language="none"}}
9 $WAS_HOME/bin/startServer.sh server1
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Vincent Massol 2.2 11 )))
Manuel Smeria 2.3 12 * Start the console. The default URLs are:
ShawnLauzon 1.1 13 ** http://localhost:9060/ibm/console/logon.jsp (non-secure)
14 ** https://localhost:9043/ibm/console/logon.jsp (secure)
Manuel Smeria 2.3 15 * Expand the Applications menu and click on "Install New Application"
ShawnLauzon 1.1 16 * Fill in the following:
Vincent Massol 2.2 17 ** Full path to [[XWiki WAR>>xwiki:Main.Download]]
Manuel Smeria 2.3 18 ** Context root to /xwiki
19 * Click "Next"; at this point if your WAR file is on a different machine from the server it will be copied over.
20 * Fill in each screen and click "Next" for each of them:
21 ** Step 1: You may want to modify the application name
ShawnLauzon 1.1 22 ** Step 2: Nothing to do
Manuel Smeria 2.3 23 ** Step 3: The jdbc/XWikiDS is not used by XWiki, but you still need to fill it out. Simply click "Browse..." under Target Resource JNDI Name, choose the "Default Datasource" and click "Apply"
ShawnLauzon 1.1 24 ** Step 4: Nothing to do
Manuel Smeria 2.3 25 ** Step 5: Click "Finish"
26 * A screen with the results is displayed next. At this point the changes have not been written to the file system. Click on the "Save" button to finish the installation step.
ShawnLauzon 1.1 27
Vincent Massol 2.2 28 = Configure WebSphere =
ShawnLauzon 1.5 29
Vincent Massol 2.1 30 * WebSphere v6.1 does not have the PNG MIME type configured by default, so you need to do so. If you do not follow this step, you'll get a NullPointerException at com.xpn.xwiki.web.SkinAction.isJavascriptMimeType.
Manuel Smeria 2.3 31 ** In the Console, expand "Environment" and select "Virtual Hosts"
ShawnLauzon 1.5 32 ** Click on the default_host link (or whatever host you installed XWiki onto)
Manuel Smeria 2.3 33 ** Click on the "MIME types" link
34 ** Click "New" to add a new MIME type
35 ** Fill out the form this way:
ShawnLauzon 1.5 36 *** MIME Type: image/png
37 *** Extensions: PNG png
Manuel Smeria 2.3 38 * Click "OK", save the configuration and restart the server

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